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October 29, 2021
In 2021, scientists discovered a 310-million-year-old fossilized horseshoe crab brain, confirming that horseshoe crab brains have remained the same for more than 300 million years!
October 28, 2021
The driest place in the world is the town of Quillagua, located in Chile's Atacama Desert. Between 1964 and 2001, the average annual rainfall in the city measured just 0.002 inches.
October 27, 2021
The Beatles used the word "love" 613 times in their songs.
October 26, 2021
Goldfish can distinguish the music of different composers.
October 25, 2021
Daniel Scali of Australia held the plank position for 9 hours, 30 minutes, and 1 second!
Animals
From 'Ace Ventura' to the Ripley's collection!
Vintage & Historical
The dark history of how nostalgia was understood by early medicine.
A divorcing couple was forced by a judge to split their collection schoolyard-pick style.
Take things to the next level! Ripley’s twentieth edition annual book is full of all-new, all-true stories from around the world.
March 27, 2026
The first Academy Awards ceremony in 1929 lasted only 15 minutes.
Robert Ripley began the Believe It or Not! cartoon in 1918. Today, it continues uninterrupted as the world’s longest-running syndicated cartoon.
